Re: Crazy Ping Results

[Ray Curtis <ray ccux com>]

>>>>> "pp" == Pete Peterson <petersonp genrad com> writes:

    pp> [root torvalds rc3.d]# ping ns1.genrad.com
    pp> PING ns1.genrad.com (132.223.4.1) from 132.223.32.43 : 56(84) bytes of data.
    pp> Warning: time of day goes back, taking countermeasures.
    pp> 64 bytes from ns1.genrad.com (132.223.4.1): icmp_seq=0 ttl=254 time=708 usec
    pp> 64 bytes from ns1.genrad.com (132.223.4.1): icmp_seq=1 ttl=254 time=4.023 sec
    pp> 64 bytes from ns1.genrad.com (132.223.4.1): icmp_seq=2 ttl=254 time=8.043 sec
    pp> 64 bytes from ns1.genrad.com (132.223.4.1): icmp_seq=3 ttl=254 time=12.062 sec
    pp> 64 bytes from ns1.genrad.com (132.223.4.1): icmp_seq=4 ttl=254 time=16.083 sec
    pp> 64 bytes from ns1.genrad.com (132.223.4.1): icmp_seq=5 ttl=254 time=20.102 sec

    pp> Does this make any sense to anyone?  Once it's resolved the address, why
    pp> should ping care whether you specified a name or an IP?

Have you tried using traceroute to find the path that it might be taking.

traceroute ns1.genrad.com


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